I have misread the Tigers, and I'm really not sure what this means. While the Tigers probably expected more out of Fielder, his presence was a big reason Cabrera has been the best offensive player in the American League the past two seasons. Essentially, I don't believe the Tigers would have won the division the last two seasons without Fielder in the lineup.

I could see the Tigers wanting to move Cabrera back to first and upgrade defensively at third, although Cabrera actually had a pretty good defensive season there, certainly better than expected. But I really didn't expect them to deal Fielder, especially for Kinsler.

Especially if plan is for Tigers to use cash saved to hand $100 million over to Scherzer.

Think of how much money they will have tied up on 3 pitchers. Arms are due to breakdown.

They're going to be able to have an actual defensive 3B going forward. They're losing protection for Cabrera, but they're gaining a ****-ton of defense on the infield. I think this is a major positive for the Tigers.